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Gr 2-4 Writing from the point of view of his nine-year-old daughter, Feiffer recounts the pet-strewn pathway to her finally getting a dog. Her indulgent parents feed Julie's passion for animals by getting a string of substitute animals that don't need to be walked: a cat proves standoffish, so they buy a hamster to entertain the cat. Next comes a carnivorous fish that eats its companions. Then a turtle. This lengthy chapter book includes the child's various friends, school sce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

From the allusive title onward, the latest Feiffer offering is rich with plums for adults: quicksteps in the dance of marriage, the reality of parenthood at an advanced age, and, most notably, the cheeky premise of a fictional story in which the main character's father is a writer/cartoonist named Jules Feiffer living in New York City. The child reader is likely to care not a whit for such concerns and metafictional hijinks but will be drawn in by a fresh, funny, energetic expl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More